Sparta Tour Dates and Pre-Order

[Jared Kaufman]

Sparta (http://www.myspace.com/sparta)'s nationwide tour for their upcoming album, Threes, is underway. Check out the dates below. If you'd like to pre-order the band's spectacular new record, head here (http://search.insound.com/search/showrelease.jsp?p=INS30765).
10 04 06 Dallas, TX - The Door
10 06 06 New Orleans, LA - The Parish
10 08 06 Winston-Salem, NC - Ziggy's
10 09 06 Richmond, VA - Alley Katz
10 10 06 Washington, DC - Black Cat
10 12 06 Boston, MA - Axis

Canada w/ Sound Team
10 13 06 Montreal, QC - Les Saints
10 15 06 Toronto, ON - Opera House
10 16 06 London, ON - Call The Office
10 17 06 Ottawa, ON - Babylon

w/ Sound Team and As Tall As Lions
10 19 06 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
10 20 06 Buffalo, NY - Buffalo Icon
10 21 06 Lancaster, PA - Chameleon Club
10 22 06 Philadelphia, PA - Theater of the Living Arts
10 25 06 New York City, NY - Irving Plaza
10 27 06 Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall
10 28 06 Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
10 29 06 Chicago, IL - Metro
10 30 06 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe
11 01 06 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre
11 02 06 Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue
11 04 06 Vancouver, BC - Richards on Richards
11 07 06 Orangevale, CA - Boardwalk
11 08 06 San Francisco, CA - Slim's
11 10 06 Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst
11 13 06 Los Angeles, CA - The Avalon

[Atticus_86]

I saw spata at the conservatory in oklahoma recently and they where amazing. they played at small club but it was packed, hopefuly next time they will get to play at a bigger venue. The whole entire crowd was totally into what sparta was doing that night...amazing show.I also have to give kudos to lola ray I have never heard of them befor but i was really impressed by them and there cd isnt half bad...better than alot of the junk thats out ther today.

[fluke182]

Only time I ever saw them was with Dredg, Hot Water Music and Glassjaw. Needless to say it was spectacular. I was not a fan of Porcelain, but I still love Wiretap Scars. Are you going to say it's better than Wiretap Scars Jared? Is it more in the vein of the former or the latter, or somewhere new? I'm debating on whether or not I want to pick this up.

[Atticus_86]

In the new issue of alternative press it gave sparta's new album a 4. it might be worth buying.

[DeliriumTrigDC]

It will be interesting to see if they change their sound up any. When ATDI split it was easy to see who contributed what to the band. While I don't like The Mars Volta, they do try to keep things interesting. I feel Sparta, while more easily likeable, just pumps out the same kind of stuff without much invention. Should be a decent album none the less.

[marbury1414]

Threes is great. This is the album where they really find their sound.

I also can't wait for this tour.

[Julia Conny]

The Black Cat. I haven't been there in almost two years, and now I will have a good reason to go.

[ohsweetirony]

Threes is absolutely amazing and blows Porcelain out of the water. One of the better albums of this year.

[WSUskee]

They are playing the Vault in Olympia, WA on Nov 5 as well. I dont know why there isnt a Seattle date.

[thedood]

im excited for this.

[Chris Fallon]

They are playing the Vault in Olympia, WA on Nov 5 as well. I dont know why there isnt a Seattle date.

At least it isn't Longview, which is where I notice a lot of bands stopping by these days.